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“For the writer of fiction, everything has its testing point in the eye.” –Flannery O’Connor, “Writing Short Stories”
Today The Comic Muse Podcast returns with a short introduction to Flannery O’Connor’s marvelous essay, “Writing Short Stories,” from her posthumous collection, Mystery and Manners.
In this audio hors d’oeuvre, you’ll hear
- O’Connor’s definition of “story”
- Whether O’Connor approached her writing as a “plotter” (someone who outlines everything before proceeding) or a “pantser” (a seat-of-the-pants writer who concocts fiction one sentence at a time)
- About the genesis of O’Connor’s hilariously disturbing short story, “Good Country People”
- O’Connor’s insistence that fiction operate through the senses
- How the writer’s judgment, his sense of the mystery of existence, operates through vision
I hope you enjoy the podcast and that you’ll continue the discussion in the com boxes here at danielmcinerny.com or directly to my email at [email protected].
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